The discovery of the remains of an elderly man in south Dublin is being treated as a tragic incident.
It's thought the body may have been at the house on Sallynoggin Road for a year or more before being found.
Council workers clearing the house discovered a grenade at the property on Wednesday morning, before later finding the man's remains.
Conor Lally, security and crime editor with The Irish Times, says the man may have died during one of the lockdowns.
He said: "He was kind of a quiet man and he was known as a hoarder. He didn't really speak to people in the area.
"It just appears that, possibly during periods of lockdown, when people hadn't seen him for a long time... that wasn't unusual.
"He obviously died on his own in the house, and his remains lay there for about a year or so."
Gardaí say the results of a post mortem carried out on the body are not being released for operational reasons.
However, the death is not being treated as suspicious.
The grenade found at the property was destroyed in a nearby park by an army bomb disposal team.
